USGS Visual Identifier

GEOLEX

Summary of Citation: Buffalo Springs

Publication:
Gray, Carlyle, Geyer, A.R. and McLaughlin, D.B., 1958, Geologic
   map of the Richland quadrangle, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
   Geological Survey Topographic and Geologic Atlas, 4th series,
   167d, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
Usage in Publication:
Buffalo Springs member

Modifications: Geologic Province: Dominant Lithology:
 Named
 Appalachian basin
 Limestone
Dolomite

Summary:
Named the Buffalo Springs member of the Conococheague formation for Buffalo Springs, Lebanon Co., southeastern PA. Consists of dirty-white or pinkish-gray to medium-gray, crystalline limestone, commonly with laminae, alternating with yellowish-gray to light-olive-gray weathered dolomite and magnesian limestone; dolomite is fine to medium crystalline and commonly light gray on fresh surface; thin sandy limestone or silty limestone beds occur locally. Light-olive-gray weathering shaly limestone interbeds present in many outcrops. The white to pinkish-gray limestones commonly grade laterally into very light-gray limestone. Light-blue-gray limestone common near top of member. Estimated thickness more than 700 feet; base of member not exposed; partial type section is 247 feet thick. Underlies Snitz Creek member; unit is oldest exposed Cambrian limestone in quadrangle. The Buffalo Springs is of Late Cambrian age.
Summary of Citation: Buffalo Springs

Publication:
Gray, Carlyle (compiler), 1960, Geologic map of Pennsylvania:
   Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, scale 1:250,000
Usage in Publication:
Buffalo Springs formation

Modifications: Geologic Province: Dominant Lithology:
 Revised
 Appalachian basin
 

Summary:
Raised the Buffalo Springs to the Buffalo Springs formation of the Conococheague group on the PA State geologic map.
Summary of Citation: Buffalo Springs

Publication:
Meisler, Harold and Becher, A.E., 1968, Carbonate rocks of
   Cambrian and Ordovician age in the Lancaster quadrangle,
   Pennsylvania, IN Contributions to stratigraphy: U.S. Geological
   Survey Bulletin, 1254-G, p. G1-G14
Usage in Publication:
Buffalo Springs Formation*

Modifications: Geologic Province: Dominant Lithology:
 Overview
 Appalachian basin
 

Summary:
The Buffalo Springs Formation of the Conococheague Group consists of white to very light pinkish-gray and medium- to medium-dark-gray limestone interbedded with very light pinkish-gray and yellowish-gray to medium-dark-gray dolomite. Limestone commonly contains laminae, patches, and stringers of dolomite. Dolomite is commonly argillaceous, silty, or sandy and contain sedimentary features such as cross laminae and ripple marks. Overlies Zooks Corner Formation and underlies Snitz Creek Formation.
Summary of Citation: Buffalo Springs

Publication:
Berg, T.M. (compiler), 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania:
   Pennsylvania Geological Survey State Map, 4th series, 1, 1
   sheet, scale 1:250,000
Usage in Publication:
Buffalo Springs Formation

Modifications: Geologic Province: Dominant Lithology:
 Overview
 Appalachian basin
 

Summary:
The Buffalo Springs Formation in the Lebanon Valley sequence of the Great Valley consists of light-gray to pinkish-gray, finely to coarsely crystalline limestone and interbedded dolomite with numerous siliceous and clayey laminae and some thin sandy beds; stromatolitic limestone beds occur near top. Overlies Zooks Corner Formation and underlies the Snitz Creek Formation.